The original is still my favorite. There are some awesome ROM hacks that provide competitive 2-player mode, while keeping the original rules, scoring and graphics.
Probably not really fitting to your "these days" requirement, but I honestly loved Tetris on the Wii, which has a coop mode where you play on one big board.
*Edit: The exact name is "Tetris Party Deluxe" btw.
I think Tetris effect has a ton of game modes like that, but I haven't actually played, I'd just heard of it though classic Tetris videos. But I'd look at that
The co-op modes are 3 vs 1 and 3 vs AI controlled boss. I only played the vs AI boss, and you all get separate boards until a specific event occurs. Then it merges and everyone gets to put their piece anywhere across the three boards. It only lasts for a little bit, and then the board splits again.
The PvP modes are called:
Zone battle (incorporates their time-stopping mechanic)
Score attack (standard Tetris, no interfering blocks for the player lagging behind)
Classic Score attack (standard Tetris, but you don't get hard drops or holds, and again, no interfering blocks)
One thing I found out is that if you want to play against the CPU, you can just load up a local match and add player's twice on the same controller. The second "adding" will fill the rest with CPUs.
It's available on both PC and Switch. However, from what I could find out, you need the Switch Online membership to play multiplayer online. But you haven't mentioned an interest in that so it should fit your requirements really well.
@worfamerryman Yeah, you share the board. If you are looking for side-by-side Tetris without the garbage pieces, the mode you want is Score Attack which Tetris Effect has two variations of (Modern Tetris style with holds and classic NES style Tetris). You play until someone tops out and whoever has the most points wins.
I believe the Puyo Puyo Tetris games also have this mode and a bunch of other versus modes, but most of them lean into sending garbage pieces.
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